i was wondering if an emory college/oxford college student had applied to the goizueta b-school, what would happen to them if they were to be rejected? i understand that the business school requires you to do certain courses in your junior/sophomore years that pertain to that field, but if you fail to get into the official business school then where do you go?
The Business School allows students who aren't in it, ie. still in Emory College, to register for Business School classes. However, you have to get each course approved by a Business School advisor individually and you'll have last priority if a class is going to fill up completely. So getting rejected from GBS wouldn't be the end of your business career - it would just be a hassle for a semester until you could reapply. One more thing - if you're planning on studying abroad through a Goizueta-connected program, you have to spend at least one semester in GBS before you can do so, which might throw off your study abroad plans.
I'm at Oxford, and I've had friends get in,waitlisted and denied. If I were you, I would stay at Emory College for another semester and push for a 3.7-4.0 and then reapply after next semester. Also, was your GPA about average for this year's applcants? From what I've heard, you need at least a 3.0 and a 3.5 is basically a garanteed acceptance. Good luck!
The classes you took in Emory College would still count to your GER's...they don't just explode. And the Business School classes you took in your first two years are still valid. You're just hoping to improve your GPA/extracurriculars/essay while not falling behind in Business School required classes by going through the extra hassle of getting individually approved and having low priority.
a questoin to pecosim24. how's the grading policy like in Oxford? I really want to attend Goizueta Business School for my Junior Year and I am wondering if it's hard to get a high GPA at Oxford for the first two years?
yes, it is hard to maintain a high GPA... It is possible though. There are no curves for tests which is what kills most students. I don't know how hard the pre-business courses are because i haven't taken any. If you do well at oxford, you'll have no problem getting into the b-school. You just have to work really hard.
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Does that mean that if I'm for any reason rejected for admission to the Emory's business school, I can still take specific business classes with approvals? What major would I actually get if I took those classes though?
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Yeah when you register for classes, a significant number of business classes are available but need to be approved by the BBA office. I think they let you do this so that a) you won't fall behind in your business school courses if you're rejected - b) if you're ahead in credits you can start on these classes - c) if you're an Emory College student you can take some business classes if you want. You'd have to reapply to GBS if you want to be a business major.
I registered for this site simply to reply to this. Oxford is harder than Emory college?? Really? Is that why people who don't get into the college are sent to Oxford?
I can't tell if you are being facetious or not. What is "sent" to Oxford? They had to have applied to both to get into Oxford. People who did not get into the college go to Oxford because they eventually want to be on main and think it's worth attending Oxford to get there. Oxford being more challenging than Emory in many aspects is just the way it is. It's a smaller liberal arts environment attempting to provide a transformative experience to students within the first two years. To do this, a school needs some legit rigor and standards as those with low rigor or variation in rigor seen at many research universities is simply not going to be unique or transformative (they will be cool or even fun, but rarely transformative at an intellectual or personal level).
moo99: Never ever view coursework as a waste. If you take them seriously (and not merely view them as a checkbox in some single-minded goal of getting into a BBA program. View them as courses that help you learn about econ. and certain aspects of business and finance), you will have learned a lot and will be able to apply those things one day. You can go into business without a BBA, most people do. Plenty of people major in economics for example, or even math. A lot of people (perhaps even most) going to top MBA programs do not have BBAs. If you are creative and driven, you can perhaps even benefit from being in the college all four years and taking courses and making connections that set the foundation for a less typical start-up or path. The Bro-tips guy is an example of someone who turned something really simple into a business. If you are not driven or creative enough to do business without the BBA, then maybe you shouldn't do business. Many of our peer institutions known for innovative undergraduate/entrepreneurial campuses do not have undergraduate business programs. They have students with big ideas and the guts to be creative and implement those ideas. Do not treat a BBA rejection as a crisis. If you make something of yourself during the 2 years that you prepare for admission, the result will not really matter because you have more interesting things to fall back on. If you spend 2 years jumping through hoops and that's all, you're screwed.
Does that mean that if I'm for any reason rejected for admission to the Emory's business school, I can still take specific business classes with approvals? What major would I actually get if I took those classes though?
You would still need to complete a major in the College of Arts and Sciences (I'm assuming you'd probably go for econ). You can't complete a program in the B-School if you aren't admitted and there are no minors in the B-school.
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so basically you would have wasted the courses that you have taken in your first two years at emory college?
Most of the b-school prerequisites will help you with econ, which is what many people who don't get accepted to the b-school major in.
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Also, was your GPA about average for this year's applcants? From what I've heard, you need at least a 3.0 and a 3.5 is basically a garanteed acceptance. Good luck!
I think a 3.3 is the stated minimum while a 3.5-3.6 is the average. Remember, this is your GPA at Emory/Oxford. Also, I believe that your SAT scores are considered in admission to the B-school. I have to say that I don't understand people who barely make it into Oxford and then are surprised when they don't have a top GPA for pre-med, pre-law, or the b-school.
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I registered for this site simply to reply to this. Oxford is harder than Emory college?? Really? Is that why people who don't get into the college are sent to Oxford?
Selectivity and difficulty are not necessarily strong correlates. Harvard is more selective than Reed, but it is empirically more difficult to earn a high GPA at Reed.
Notice how the OP asked this four years ago and hasn't posted on CC since? He/she probably already graduated by now. Thanks to emorystudent9 for bumping this old thread...
